How to Use emotive in a Sentence

emotive

adjective
  • The statement was emotive and scathing.
    — Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Cats can sometimes get a bad rap for being aloof or not emotive.
    — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Rocky feel emotive and lovable.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Wheel out a club legend to speak over an emotive montage of course!
    — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Giveon has climbed the charts over the past year thanks to his velvety, emotive baritone.
    — Justin Curto, Vulture, 23 Nov. 2021
  • The novel is burdened by a heavy-handed use of emotive prose.
    — Ru Freeman, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2018
  • But the desire was to tell an emotive story about a guy in his 50s.
    — Town & Country, 21 Jan. 2023
  • Though larded with audacious jokes and sight gags, the play had a strong emotive core.
    — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Howard’s renown pipes were emotive and powerful throughout the set.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 16 May 2022
  • The fresh scent feels like a sweet caress of powdery musks that swells with emotive blooms like jasmine and freesia.
    — ELLE, 1 Aug. 2023
  • His emotive voice wraps itself around heart-on-the-sleeve lyrics that can bare his soul and maybe break your heart (in the best way).
    — Jeff Milo, Detroit Free Press, 22 Mar. 2018
  • One is that the issue is highly-emotive and symbolic for both sides.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2020
  • Since then, nuclear weapons have been a very emotive topic in the nation.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 28 Dec. 2025
  • The 22-year-old’s warm tone and emotive belting earned her a swift four-chair turn from the coaches.
    — USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2024
  • More cerebral than emotive, Shiffrin had not been one to speak her thoughts into existence.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 18 Feb. 2026
  • But Nichols’ emotive grit ultimately won the round.
    — Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The accent here is on the quest for justice, another emotive topic.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Dec. 2022
  • The concert was a powerhouse of moody songs rich with Gilmour’s emotive playing.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Jane’s an emotive performer, but Nini is all that and a tornado.
    — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2026
  • His newest single, released this month, is a heartfelt, emotive tune that carries just the right amount of bite to it.
    — Chip McCabe, courant.com, 27 Aug. 2019
  • And nothing as emotive as, say, a rivalry matchup against the Cowgirls.
    — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Sansa is overcome, embracing him and sitting with him in the godswood, and Bran is, uh, less emotive.
    — Danielle Ohl, baltimoresun.com, 31 July 2017
  • The members were also seen choosing the song as a pre-album release track due to its emotive style and meaning.
    — Tamar Herman, Billboard, 31 Oct. 2017
  • The climactic scene and the emotive needle drop would make even the blackest of hearts throb with a little emotion.
    — Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 May 2023
  • The soaring, emotive singing of Franklin—even at age 29 one of the great voices of modern times.
    — John Edward Hasse, WSJ, 12 Jan. 2022
  • All in all, the collection was emotive and complete in the sense that there was something for everybody.
    — Laia Farran Graves, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
  • The uniting of the horse trainer and Clydesdale at the end is emotive storytelling at its finest!
    — Todd Holmes, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
  • The Democratic primary is an emotive contest to prove who cares the most.
    — Jonah Goldberg, National Review, 18 Sep. 2019
  • Kids’ data is an emotive subject, and all this couldn’t be coming at a worse time for TikTok.
    — David Meyer, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2023
  • The lengthy flight duration, emotive movie plotlines, and a certain amount of anonymity is a sure-fire way to open the floodgates.
    — Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Mar. 2024

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